1973 San Francisco 49ers roster and stats

1973 San Francisco 49ers: 5-9-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (148 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (114 points scored, 174 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Nolan 262 points scored (14th of 26 teams), 319 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 233 466 2,481 ( 4) 5.03 9 25 422 1,743 (21) 4.1 15 4,224 ( 8) 39 Defense: 194 383 2,366 (22) 5.70 19 17 513 1,962 (10) 3.8 11 4,328 (20) 32

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 Steve Spurrier QB 11 6'2 200 28 7 Florida 12 John Brodie QB 14 6'1 203 38 17 Stanford 13 Tom Wittum P 14 6'1 185 23 1 Northern Illinois 17 John Isenbarger WR 14 6'3 196 26 4 Indiana 17 Joe Reed QB 6 6'1 182 25 2 Mississippi State 18 Gene Washington WR 13 6'1 185 26 5 Stanford 22 Vic Washington RB 13 5'10 196 27 3 Wyoming 24 Jimmy Thomas RB 11 6'1 214 26 5 Texas-Arlington 29 Dave Atkins RB 5 6'1 202 24 R Texas-El Paso 30 Bruce Gossett K 14 6'2 228 31 10 Richmond 32 Mel Phillips DB 14 6'0 190 31 8 North Carolina A&T 33 Randy Jackson RB 2 6'0 220 24 2 Wichita State 35 Larry Schreiber RB 4 6'0 210 26 3 Tennessee Tech 37 Jimmy Johnson DB 13 6'2 188 35 13 UCLA 38 Mike Simpson DB 13 5'11 170 26 4 Houston 40 Ken Willard RB 14 6'2 220 30 9 North Carolina 42 Doug Cunningham RB 14 5'11 195 28 7 Mississippi 43 Windlan Hall DB 14 5'11 175 23 2 Arizona State 44 Bruce Taylor DB 14 6'0 180 25 4 Boston University 46 Danny Abramowicz WR 12 6'1 195 28 7 Xavier 49 Ralph McGill DB 14 5'11 186 23 2 Tulsa 52 Skip Vanderbundt LB 9 6'3 224 26 5 Oregon State 53 Tommy Hart DE 14 6'3 248 28 6 Morris Brown 56 Bob Hoskins DT 14 6'2 250 28 4 Wichita State 57 Frank Nunley LB 14 6'2 230 28 7 Michigan 58 Jim Sniadecki LB 14 6'2 228 26 5 Indiana 59 Willie Harper LB 14 6'2 215 23 R Nebraska 61 Charlie Hunt LB 8 6'2 212 22 R Florida State 63 Ed Hardy OG 3 6'4 242 22 1 Jackson State 64 Dave Wilcox LB 14 6'3 234 31 10 Oregon 65 Randy Beisler OG 14 6'4 244 29 8 Indiana 67 John Watson OT 14 6'4 248 24 3 Oklahoma 69 Woody Peoples OG 14 6'2 250 30 6 Grambling 70 Charlie Krueger DT 14 6'4 254 36 15 Texas A&M 72 Bill Belk DE 13 6'3 242 27 6 Maryland Eastern Shore 75 Forrest Blue C 14 6'5 260 28 6 Auburn 76 Len Rohde OT 14 6'4 248 35 14 Utah State 77 Jean Barrett OT 14 6'6 254 22 1 Tulsa 78 Rolf Krueger DE 14 6'4 253 26 5 Texas A&M 79 Cas Banaszek OT 9 6'3 250 28 6 Northwestern 81 Ed Beverly WR 2 5'11 168 24 R Arizona State 82 Ted Kwalick TE 14 6'4 226 26 5 Penn State 84 Dave Olerich LB 14 6'1 220 28 7 San Francisco 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 14 6'3 255 25 4 North Texas State 88 Dick Witcher TE 14 6'3 204 29 8 UCLA

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating John Brodie 194 98 50.5 1,126 5.80 11.5 3 1.5 12 6.2 4 29 47.7 Steve Spurrier 157 83 52.9 882 5.62 10.6 4 2.5 7 4.5 13 79 59.5 Joe Reed 114 51 44.7 589 5.17 11.5 2 1.8 6 5.3 10 56 44.8 John Isenbarger 1 1 100.0 48 48.00 48.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ted Kwalick            47    729   15.5    5
Gene Washington        37    606   16.4    2
Danny Abramowicz       35    442   12.6    1
Vic Washington         33    238    7.2    0
Ken Willard            22    160    7.3    1
Jimmy Thomas           19    157    8.3    0
Doug Cunningham        15    118    7.9    0
Larry Schreiber        12     98    8.2    0
John Isenbarger        10     67    6.7    0
Randy Jackson           1     20   20.0    0
Dick Witcher            1     13   13.0    0
Dave Atkins             1     -3   -3.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Vic Washington        151    534    3.5    8
Ken Willard            83    366    4.4    1
Jimmy Thomas           56    259    4.6    1
Doug Cunningham        44    165    3.8    1
Larry Schreiber        42    163    3.9    0
Joe Reed               15     85    5.7    0
Tom Wittum              1     63   63.0    0
Ted Kwalick             5     37    7.4    0
Steve Spurrier          9     32    3.6    2
Dave Atkins             4     19    4.8    1
John Brodie             5     16    3.2    1
Randy Jackson           6     10    1.7    0
John Isenbarger         1     -6   -6.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Vic Washington         24    549   22.9    0
Ralph McGill           17    374   22.0    0
Doug Cunningham         8    173   21.6    0
Jimmy Thomas            5     81   16.2    0
Dave Atkins             3     93   31.0    0
Dave Olerich            2     17    8.5    0
Windlan Hall            1     14   14.0    0
Jim Sniadecki           1      0    0.0    0
Mike Simpson            1      0    0.0    0
Ken Willard             1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ralph McGill           22    186    8.5    1    0
Bruce Taylor           15    207   13.8    6    0
Mike Simpson            0      0      ?    4    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Wittum 79 3,455 43.7 0 0 0 0 0 43.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bruce Gossett 4/4 9/12 8/9 4/7 1/1 26/33 26/26 104 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bill Belk 1.5 Windlan Hall 1 0 0 Cedrick Hardman 8.0 Willie Harper 1.0 Tommy Hart 10.5 Bob Hoskins 8.0 Jimmy Johnson 4 46 0 Charlie Krueger 1.5 Frank Nunley 1 13 0 Mel Phillips 1 13 0 Jim Sniadecki 1 11 0 Bruce Taylor 6 30 0 Skip Vanderbundt 1 7 0 Dave Wilcox 1.5 2 14 0

1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 DB Mike Holmes 31 Texas Southern 2 41 LB Willie Harper 134 Nebraska [pick acquired from NYG] 5 112 LB Mike Fulk Indiana [pick acquired from CHI] 5 122 WR Ed Beverly 2 Arizona State 6 149 DT Arthur Moore 29 Tulsa 7 174 LB John Mitchell Alabama 8 201 RB Dave Atkins 9 Texas-El Paso 9 226 RB Roger Praetorius Syracuse 10 253 LB Charlie Hunt 13 Florida State 11 278 RB Tom Dahlberg Gustavus Adolphus 12 305 OT Larry Pettus Tennessee State 13 330 C Alan Kelso Washington 14 357 QB Dennis Morrison 3 Kansas State 15 382 WR Mike Bettiga 10 Humboldt State 16 409 TE Mike Oven Georgia Tech 17 434 OG Bob Erickson North Dakota State

Traded draft picks: #2 to STL (Gary Keithley), #3 to DEN via WAS, SD (John Wood), #4 to SD via WAS (Bill Singletary)

Transactions:

04-16-1973	traded Preston Riley to Saints for a draft pick
06-26-1973	traded Elmer Collett to Colts for Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1975 draft and a #5 pick in the 1976 draft
07-09-1973	traded Johnny Fuller to Saints for an undisclosed draft pick
08-22-1973	claimed J.D. Smith on waivers from Broncos
08-30-1973	Chargers claimed Otis Cooper on waivers
09-03-1973	traded Jubilee Dunbar to Saints for an undisclosed 1974 draft pick
09-10-1973	traded Earl Edwards to Bills for Randy Jackson and Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1975 draft
09-25-1973	traded San Francisco's #4 and #5 picks in the 1974 draft to Saints for Danny Abramowicz

1973 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/16/73    at Miami Dolphins          L 13-21       0-1-0
09/23/73    at Denver Broncos          W 36-34       1-1-0
09/30/73    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 20-40       1-2-0
10/07/73    at Atlanta Falcons         W 13-9        2-2-0
10/14/73    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 13-17       2-3-0
10/21/73    vs New Orleans Saints      W 40-0        3-3-0
10/28/73    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 3-17        3-4-0
11/04/73    at Detroit Lions           L 20-30       3-5-0
11/11/73    at Washington Redskins     L 9-33        3-6-0
11/18/73    at Los Angeles Rams        L 13-31       3-7-0
11/26/73    vs Green Bay Packers       W 20-6        4-7-0
12/02/73    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 38-28       5-7-0
12/09/73    at New Orleans Saints      L 10-16       5-8-0
12/15/73    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 14-37       5-9-0

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